slackening

From LSJ

νῆα μὲν οἵ γε μέλαιναν ἐπ' ἠπείροιο ἔρυσσαν ὑψοῦ ἐπὶ ψαμάθοις, ὑπὸ δ' ἕρματα μακρὰ τάνυσσαν → they pushed the black ship up over the sand onto dry land and placed long beams under her

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. ἄνεσις, ἡ, χάλασις, ἡ.

abatement: P. λώφησις, ἡ.